Where You Find Your Self
20 December 2024
A Dorset Visual Arts Project Group Exhibition
Sat 18th January - Sun 23rd February
‘Where You Find Your Self’ is a visual exploration of ‘hidden’ Dorset over one year. Quiet locations are revealed through painting, printmaking and textile work, as well as research, recording and recollection by members of Dorset Visual Art's Interrogating Projects Group.
Featured artworks delve into places which hold a particular meaning to the participating artists, accompanied by reflective accounts from each artist on how our own connection to ‘personal’ places and spaces can reveal a sense of self and belonging. Artists have repeatedly visited and examined specific locations, asking questions of their practice, to reveal facets of themselves and the county.
The Group meets regularly to undertake critical reviews of work in progress and encourage skills swaps and knowledge sharing, as well as studio visits and informal collaborations, and to consider some of the different aspects and challenges of working as an artist in a rural county.
The exhibition is accompanied by a display of black and white photographs by Robin Mills ARPS, presenting a selection from Robin’s book ‘Deep Roots’ - An Insider’s Photographs of Dorset Country Life. Robin is a regular contributor to The Marshwood Vale Magazine and some of his photos in this exhibition have featured on the front cover.
Image: Lewesdon Hill from Pilsdon Pen
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